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The Roman triumph / Mary Beard

Beard, Mary, 1955-

1st Harvard Univ. Press pbk. ed.

Cambridge, Mass ; London : Belknap, 2009

Online Ressource (434 p.) : ill.

Englisch

Originally published: 2007. - Includes bibliographical references (p. [394]-417) and index. - Description based on print version record

Erscheint auch als: Beard, Mary, 1955- : Roman triumph. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Belknap, 2009 (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-0-674-02059-7 (electronic bk.); 0-674-02059-6 (electronic bk.)

978-0-674-03218-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-674-03218-7 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 434011963 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

DG89

394.50937     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: SOC005000 ; bisacsh: SOC 005000

LOC-SH: Rites and ceremonies -- Rome ; Rites and ceremonies -- Historiography -- Rome ; Triumph ; Triumph in art ; Triumph in literature ; Rome ; Rites and ceremonies -- Rome -- Historiography ; Rites and ceremonies -- Rome ; Electronic books

Electronic books ; Rome (Empire) ; Triumph in art ; Triumph in literature ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Customs & Traditions ; Triumph ; Rites and ceremonies

The most lavish of Roman rituals was the triumphus, a grandiose procession honoring a general for a glorious victory. In this book, classicist Beard uses--and debunks--modern conceptions of this celebration in order to explore not only what we know and don't know about ancient times, but how we know